NYT Makes Comma Error Inside Semicolon Article 4.29K Sheila 02/19/08 12:56PM Filed to: Grammar Grammar Subway Mta New York Times Punctuation Boy, an s-load of corrections in the NYT today! Not the least of which include the admission that in the frenzy of their breathless dork-out about the perfect use of a semicolon on an MTA placard, they messed up on comma usage.